Device for securing goods upon and removing the same from clothes-drier supports.



N0; 833,910. PATENTED 0012s, 1906.

. W."M..B ARNES. v P DEVICE FOR SECURING GOODS UPON AND REMOVING THEJSAMB, FROM.

CLOTHES .DRIER' SUPPORTS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.14,1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM M. BARNES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. v DEVICE FOR SECURING GOODS UP ON AND REMOVING THE SAME FROM CLOTHES-DRIER SUPPORTS.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 23, 1906.

Continuation of application Serial No 163.490, filed June 29, 1903. This application filed January 14, 1905. Serial N 0. 241,038,

To. all what 1t it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. BARNES, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Securing Goods upon Clothes-Drier Supports and Removing the Same Therefrom, of which the .followingis a full, clear, and exact description, reference being-had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has forits object certain improvementsin'the mechanism or devices for securing the goods with certainty upon clothes-drier supportssuch, for instance,as

the pins in theclothes-drier'patented to me October 22, 1901 No. 684,776and yet allowing the goods to be automatically stripped therefrom. In that patent the goods rest upon ins and are positively stripped therefrom y passing in line with fixed strippers.

In practice I have found with that machine that light garments, such as collars and wife, in passing through the drying-room will sometimes escape-irom the pins, which is exceeding-ly detrimental. In my present invention Ihave obviated this difliculty. Broadly, I provide the. hanger, which supports the pins,

with pivoted arms, which normally close the ends of thepins, so that no garment can escape therefrom, but which arms can swing arm, also carried bythe hanger, which encir clesthe pin and can'be moved on its pivot or hinge to strip the garment from thepin or support, the arrangement broadly being that the two arms working in unison lock; the goods upon the pins, except when the stripping-arm is in operation,

' I will first describe the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings andthen specifically point out the 1 such thicknessthat it can 1 enlarged at their lower portion. his slotted at (1, so that the pin 0 passes through it and the arm can swmg inward to the inner end of the pin. slotted and in its inner position restsagainst- F is the conveyer. As shown, it is an ordinary link-belt conveyer. To this conveyer F at a plurality of points are connected hangers G, having their up or ends, forming a bearing for the rollers g. Ihe shank of hanger G is of ass between the endsof the projections a" 0 he trackway A. At a plurality of points, preferably the dis tance of a link apart, are the hangers B, in which the pins 0 are secured. Pivotedto the head I) of hanger B on eachside are the arms D and D, which in the specific form shown in the drawings are formed from a single piece of metal. their weight normally tend to. swing inward,

Both arms extend below the pins 0 and are Thearm D The arm D isnot the outer end of pin C.

Secured to. the track A by arms H are theangular cams I, converging togethercentral I of the conveyer. movement of the inner surface. of arms D and i inclining outward, as they do, cause the arms j D and D/ to swing on their pivots, releasing arm D from the end of the in, and the movement of arm D outward wlllforce the goods fl from the in. have passed eyond the cams I by gravity on their hinges or pivots to release the gari ment. I also provide a hinged strippmg- These cams I are. in line of After the arms Dand D they will return to their initial position.

K is a guideway fortheconveyer at the point where the arms D D are, beingacted upon by the cam I.

Bythis construction the goods are retained upon the goodssu port until the desired point of removal an are then positively and automatically removed.

Havin now fully described my invention,

what I c aim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the travelinn conveyer, of a goods-support and a goods support guard carried thereby, and means adapted. in

. the movement of the conveyer to move the goods-support guard out of operative position.

2. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with a traveling conveyer, of a goodssupportand goods-Support guard, normally in operative position carried there-. by, and statlonary means adapted, inthe movement of the conveyer to engage the the combination, with a traveling conveyer,

of a goods-support, a combined stripper and a goods-support guard connected together to move in unison carried by said conveyer, and stationary means adapted in the movement of the conveyer to engage the stripper and thereby actuate the same to strip the goods from their support and simultaneously move the goods support guard out of operative position.

' 5. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a goods-support and a pivoted arm adapted to cover the end of said goods-support, and means to swing said arm on its pivot-point away from the goods-sup ort.

P 6. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a goods-support, a goodssupport guard movable in and out of operative position, a stripping device traveling with the goods-support, said stripping device being supported so as to have a movement along said goods-support, said guard and stripper being connected so as to move in unison, and means to move said guard and stripper.

7. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a goods-support, a pivoted guard-arm adapted to cover the end of the support, a pivoted stripping-arm traveling with said goods-support, said stripping-arm having a movement upon its pivot along said goods-support, said stripping-arm and guardarm being connected to move in unison and means to movesaid arms on their pivot.

8. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a goods-support, a pivoted guard-arm adapted to cover the end of the support, a pivoted stripping-arm traveling with and surrounding said goods-support, said stripping-arm having a movement upon its pivot along said goods-support, said stripping-arm and guard-arm beingconnected to move in unison and means to move said arms on their pivot.

9. In a machine of the character described, in combination, the conveyer and a goodssupport carried thereby, a pivoted arm carried by the conveyer and adapted to cover the end of said goods-support, a cam in line of travel of said arm and adapted to move it on its pivot.

0. In a machine of the character described, in combination, the conveyer and a goods support carried thereby, a pivoted arm carried by the conveyor and adapted to cover the end of said goods-support, an angular cam in line of travel of said arm. andv adapted to move it on its pivot.

11. In a machine 01'' the character described, in combination, a goods-support, a

goods-support guard movable in and out of operative position, a stripping device traveling with the goods-support, said stripping device being supported so as to have a moveinelit along said goods-support, said guard and stripper being connected so as to move in unison, a cam in line of travel of said guard and stripper and adapted to move them.

12. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a goods-support, a goods-support guard. movable in and out of operative position, a stripping device traveling with the goods-support, said stripping device being supported so as to have a movement along said goods-support, said guard and stripper being connected so as to move in unison, an angular cam in line of travel of said guard and stripper and adapted to move them.

13. In a machine ol the character described, in combination, a goods-support, a pivoted guard-arm adapted to cover the end of the support, a pivoted stripping-arm traveling with said goods-support, said strippingarm having a movement upon its pivot along said goods-support, said stripping-arm and guard-arm being connected to move in unison, a cam in line of travel of said arms and adapted to move them on their pivot.

14. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a goods-support, a pivoted guard-arm adapted to cover the end of the support, a pivoted stripping-arm traveling with said goods-support, said stripping-arm having a movement upon its pivot along said. goods-su )port, said stripping-arm and guard-arm being connected to move in unison, an angular cam in line 01'' travel of said arms and adapted to move them on their pivot.

15. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a goodssu1' port, a pivoted guard-arm adapted to cover the end of the support, a pivoted stripping-arm traveling with and surrounding said goods-support, said stripping-arm having a movement upon its pivot along said goods-support, said stripping-arm and guard-arm being connected to move in unison, a cam in line of travel of said arms and adapted to move them on their pivot.

16. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a goods-support, a pivoted guard-arm adapted to cover the end of the support, a pivoted stripping-arm traveling with and surrounding said goods-support, said stripping-arm having a movement of the support a pivoted stripping-arm traveling with said oods-support, said'strippingarm having a s otted portion through which said goods-support passes, said stripping-arm.

having a movement upon its pivot along said goods-support, said stripping-arm and guardarm being connected to move in unison, a cam in line of travel of said arms and adapted to move them on their pivot.

18. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a goods-support, a pivoted guard-arm adapted to cover the end of the support, a pivoted stripping-arm traveling with said pods-support, said strippingarm having a s otted portion throughwhich said goods-support passes, said strippingarm having a movement upon itspivotalong said goods-support, said stripping-arm and guard-arm being connected to move inunison, an angular cam in line of travel of said arms and adapted to move them on their pivot.

19. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a goods-support, a pivoted guard-arm adaptedto cover the end of the su port, a pivoted stripping-arm traveling with said oods-support, said strippingarm having a s otted portion through which said goods-support passes, said strippingarm having a movement upon its pivot along said goods-support, said stripping-arm and guard-arm being connected to move in unison, and means to move said arms on their pivots.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, on this 12th day of January, 1905.

WILLIAM M. BARNES.

Witnesses:

M. M. HAMILTON, T. B. Woon. 

